Compliance Officer, GIFT City, India
Core
Manage end-to-end compliance framework for capital market operations in GIFT City (IFSC), ensuring adherence to IFSCA regulations, AML/PMLA/KYC norms, and stock exchange requirements.
Role type
Compliance Officer (Capital Markets)
Builds
Compliance manuals, policies, procedures, and regulatory documentation
Domain
Financial Services / Capital Markets / IFSC (International Financial Services Centre)
Required skills
IFSCA regulations expertise, AML-CFT and KYC frameworks, regulatory surveillance, internal control assessments, regulatory reporting, stakeholder management, policy drafting
Preferred skills
ICAI/ICSI/ICMAI membership, CFA/FRM certification, experience with regulator inspections and audits
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Lead and manage the comprehensive compliance framework for the Company in GIFT City. Ensure ongoing and complete adherence to IFSCA regulations, applicable KYC-AML and CFT guidelines, and exchange-level compliance requirements. Oversee compliance responsibilities associated with the Company's activity as a broker dealer. Draft, review, update, and maintain compliance manuals, policies, procedures, and regulatory documentation in line with current regulatory requirements. Manage regulatory surveillance, conduct internal compliance reviews, and perform control assessments to identify and address compliance risks. Ensure timely, accurate, and comprehensive regulatory filings, submissions, disclosures, and reports to IFSCA, stock exchanges, and other authorities. Serve as the primary point of contact for IFSCA and other regulators, managing inspections, audits, queries, and all regulatory correspondence. Proactively identify compliance gaps, evaluate regulatory impacts, and implement corrective and preventive actions. Monitor regulatory developments within the IFSC and relevant jurisdictions and translate changes into actionable internal policies and controls. Collaborate closely with business, operations, technology, and product teams to embed compliance obligations into daily processes and systems. Foster and maintain a strong culture of governance, compliance, and risk management throughout the organization.
Seniority
Mid-Senior, hands-on IC